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George Frederick Shortt and Hazel Winnifred Riley married on 6 July 1946 at Dartmouth, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 140100

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  140100

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Dartmouth

  Street or Road Christ Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Shortt, George Frederick

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Machinist   4. Kind of industry or business Government Magazine

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 28   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 25 Tulip St., Dartmouth

11. Place of birth Trenton, Pictou County

12. Name of father Frederick George Shortt

13. Maiden name of mother Isabella Urquhart McLeod

14. Birthplace Father Halifax   Mother Pictou County


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Riley, Hazel Winnifred

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Bookkeeper   17. Kind of industry or business

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 36   20. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence 35 Pleasant St., Dartmouth

24. Place of birth Liscombe, Guysborough County

25. Name of father George Hubert Riley

26. Maiden name of mother Mary Frances Misener

27. Birthplace Father Shelburne County   Mother Guysborough County


28. Date of marriage July 6 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 82687


32. Signature of

Groom George Frederick Shortt

Bride   Hazel Winnifred Riley

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Margaret Shortt

Address   58 Elm St., Halifax

Name Nelson Lloyd MacKay

Address   147 Duncan St., Halifax

I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Officiating Clergyman Woodrow W. Le Vatte

Address 135 Ochterloney St., Dartmouth

Religious denomination Church of England

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